When someone is struggling, tell them you're available to listen and it's okay not to be okay. You can't fix everything, but creating space where they feel heard often helps them regain composure on their own.
And maybe you just offer something up like, okay, that's great. But if you need to talk to me, I just want you to know I'm here for you. Or if you need a little extra time, or you want to go take a walk, I just want you to know it's okay, and I support you. And and you're right; you can't fix everything, and you can't fix everybody. But you can create a space, a comfortable space for somebody to feel their feelings. And that person might go away and do their— and at the end of the day come back and say, thanks a lot. Thanks for just letting me take a breath. And sometimes that's all it is, that they just need to be understood that they're not having their best day today.
